Total work time in Spain: evidence from time diary data
Total work time in Spain: evidence from time diary data
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DOI：
10.1080/00036846.2014.887194
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发表时间：
2014-06-03
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Sevilla, Almudena
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作者：
Gimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio;Sevilla, Almudena
我们利用西班牙 2002 年 3 月和 2009 年 10 月的详细时间使用数据，分析了西班牙人口时间分配决策的变化，重点关注用于总工作的时间。与之前的文献一致，我们记录了“iso-work”的概念（例如，按性别投入总工作的时间是相等的）在西班牙等性别角色严格的社会中并不成立。女性在总工作上投入的时间比男性多，而且在整个研究期间，这种差异每周增加 2 小时。与男性相比，女性总工作时间相对增加的原因是每周市场工作相对增加 8 小时，加上每周非市场工作相对减少 6 小时，导致西班牙女性 2009-10 年度每周休闲时间比 2002-03 年减少 2 小时。我们提出社会规范作为这些实证研究结果的潜在解释。通过揭示个人在一段时间内如何分配市场内外的时间，我们的结果可能会提高我们对经济变化和福利动态的理解。
Using detailed time-use data from 2002-03 and 2009-10 for Spain, we analyse changes in the time-allocation decisions of the Spanish population, with a focus on the time devoted to total work. Consistent with prior literature, we document that the concept of iso-work' (e.g. the time devoted to total work by gender is equal) does not hold in societies with stringent gender roles, such as Spain. Women devote more time to total work than men, and this difference has increased throughout the period studied by 2 hours per week. The relative increase in total work for women compared to men can be explained by a relative increase in market work of 8 hours per week, coupled with a relative decrease in nonmarket work of 6 hours per week, which have led Spanish women to devote, relatively, 2 fewer hours to leisure per week in 2009-10, compared to 2002-03. We propose social norms as a potential explanation of these empirical findings. By uncovering how individuals allocate their time inside and outside the market over a period of time, our results may improve our understanding of the dynamics of economic change and welfare.